HELP Two week old quail chick with splayed leg

Chickenstw

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Sep 2, 2022
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Hi everyone,
My quail chicks have just turned two weeks old and one of them still has a splayed leg. I picked them up at five days old and got it like that. I did the whole leg wrap thing since with it but it’s leg still isn’t getting better. It moves ok enough to get to the food and water but it’s movement is very limited. What do I do? Should I stop with the wrap? Should I keep going? Will it survive?
 

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The leg does not look splayed, it looks like the chick has a leg bone deformity like Rotated Tibia for which there is no treatment.
If she were mine, I'd take the wrappings off.

She may do o.k. if she can manage to get to food water, but sometimes a chick like this may have other developmental issues or may fail to thrive as they get older and gain weight.

Observe to see that's she's eating/drinking well and not getting picked on.

Not sure what your goals are, but I would not breed her or hatch any of her eggs.
 

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